Word: l
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...broke up a dinner party with her angry objections. Brann's international drawing power came back to life too. As it went into its second printing in Texas, a London publisher prepared a British edition of Author Carver's skillful memoir of the pamphleteer whom curmudgeonly H. L. Mencken once saluted as "a past master of invective...
With considerable pride but without great fanfare, New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art last month announced the acquisition of the famed Belgian Merode triptych. The Annunciation. By last week the Met's purchase of the altarpiece had become an international cause célébre. Said a resolution signed by 22 of Belgium's top museum directors and art teachers: "Often in the course of its history Belgium has had to witness, powerless, the destruction or pillage of its artistic patrimony. Once more, and this time without being able to cite the accident...
...William L. Dowling, Jr. '59 of Roxbury and Dunster was elected president of the Harvard Catholic Club. In the elections, held Jan. 8, Upton B. Brady '59 of Newport, R.I., and Adams became vice-president. The Harvard Catholics also elected Conal E. Murray '59 of New York and Kirkland as secretary...
...History department will probably discuss the report and may consider easing its standards, according to Myron P. Gilmore, professor of History and Chairman of the Department, but Lewis L. Engel '30, Chairman of the Board of Tutors in Biochemistry, said, "I don't foresee any relaxation of our requirements at this time...
...John L. Loeb '24, New York investment banker, donated $1 million for construction last May. The Program for Harvard College is providing $350,000 and Radcliffe $150,000 for the remainder of the cost...